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3,763.62
200.00
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Assistant Timekeeper
2,871.00
Engineering :
Salaries
$ 19,000.00
Other Expense
500.00
Other Expense
1,000.00
Transportation and Equipment
10,500.00
Garage Labor
8,000.00
Garbage Collection
$ 61,248.62 $ 7,000.00
Buildings:
Town Hall Maintenance
$ 1,588.14
Town Hall Labor
3,251.67
Lafayette Building Maintenance
2,925.00
Lafayette Building Labor
3,496.00
Fire Department Maintenance
4,545.00
Police Department Maintenance
2,679.00
Police Department Labor
4,260.18
Highway Maintenance
2,609.00
Highway Labor
2,791.30
$ 28,145.29
Moth and Tree Division:
Salary, Supervisor
$ 4,032.45
Labor
8,853.15
Pensions
1,820.31
Other Expense
1,235.00
$ 15,940.91
Park Division:
Salary of Supervisor
$ 2,016.23
Auto Allowance
150.00
Labor
13,186.55
Other Expense
2,150.00
$ 17,502.78
Cemetery Division:
Salary, Supervisor
$ 2,016.22
Auto Allowance
150.00
Labor
5,649.36
Other Expense
2,695.00
$ 10,510.58
Perpetual Care Income Available
956.03
$ 9,554.55
To be appropriated from Sale of Lots Fund
$ 1,984.00
Water Division:
Salary of Supervisor
$ 2,832.45
Salaries of Clerks
7,099.20
Veterans' Pensions
2,779.40
Labor and Materials
107,167.72
$ 7,570.55
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Water Bonds Water Interest
34,000.00 5,229.25
$159,108.02
Sewer Division:
Salary of Supervisor
$ 1,200.00
Labor
5,585.00
Veterans' Pensions
253.50
Maintenance
2,615.00
Sewer Connections
15,000.00
.
$ 24,653.50
Highway Division:
Salary of Supervisor
$ 4,032.45
Salary of Clerk
2,296.80
Labor
62,746.00
Veterans' Pensions
6,968.36
Maintenance
45,750.00
Rentals
7,000.00
$128,793.61
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate $278,667.19 for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, as follows:
Welfare Department:
Salaries of Board
$ 690.00
General Relief
18,000.00
General Relief Administration
775.50
General Relief Unpaid Bills
$
582.24
$ 20,047.74
Disability Assistance
$ 15,500.00
Disability Assistance Administration
575.50
$ 16,075.50
Aid to Dependent Children
$ 19,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children Administration
575.50
$ 19,575.50
$ 55,698.74
Old Age Assistance
$166,000.00
Old Age Assistance Administration
9,783.50
$175,783.50
Part of expense for Aid to Dependent Chil- dren and Old Age Assistance will be paid from available Federal Funds.
Town Home
Salary and Wages
$ 3,702.15
Veterans' Pension
941.70
Other Expense
9,900.00
$ 14,543.85
$ 19,465.50
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Veterans' Benefits:
Recipients
$ 28,000.00
Veterans' Agent's Salary
800.00
Clerical Assistant
2,192.40
Car Allowance
150.00
Administration Expense
589.00
$ 31,731.40
Department of Veterans' Services:
Salary of Director
200.00
Administration Expense
100.00
Veterans' Pension
609.70
$ 909.70
EDUCATION
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $840,347.09 for Education as follows:
School Department:
Salaries
$618,178.08
Veterans' Pensions
6,004.87
Other Expense
157,597.75
Out of State Travel
250.00
$782,030.70
Trade Schools
7,575.00
$789,605.70
Library:
Salaries
$ 34,779.00
Other Expense
9,820.39
Permanent Improvements:
Moving Children's Room
4,160.00
Youth Library
1,435.00
Periodical Room
547.00
$ 50,741.39
And that $1,954.61 be appropriated from receipts from Dog Tax for Other Expense.
An amendment by Mrs. Dorothy M. Rose that, under Library, the item and figure moving Children's Room $4,160.00, and the item and fig- ure Youth Library $1,435.00 be stricken out was not carried.
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $182,307.98 for Recreation and Unclassified, as follows:
Recreation:
Salary of Supervisor
$ 650.00
Salaries of Assistants
3,440.00
Other Expense
2,000.00
New Equipment
451.95
$ 6,541.95
Miscellaneous Account
$ 1,526.00
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Finance Committee:
Clerical Assistance
$ 300.00
Other Expense
700.00
$ 1,000.00
Planning Board
$ 125.00
Board of Appeals
$ 325.00
Street Lights
$ 28,750.00
Fire Alarm, Police Signal Traffic Lights
$ 10,260.70
Rifle Range
Company E - 182nd Inf.
$ 800.00
Med. Tank Co. - 182nd Inf.
500.00
$ 1,300.00
Insurance
$ 34,045.00
Retirement System
Pension Accumulation Fund
$ 80,744.00
Credit Members Military Service
622.43
Expense Fund
3,067.90
Reserve Fund
$ 14,000.00
And that $6,000 be transferred from the Overlay Surplus Account to the Reserve Fund.
Amendment by Eugene J. Sullivan:
That under the item of Recreation the salary of the supervisor be increased from $650.00 to $750.00, and the "Salaries of Assistants" be in- creased from $3,440.00 to $3,720.00, making the total appropriation under Recreation $6,921.95, and the grand total for Recreation and Unclassified $182,687.98.
The vote on the amendment was in the affirmative.
The original motion, as amended, then was voted in the affirmative.
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $166,505.25 for Interest and Maturing Debt, as follows:
Interest
Maturing Debt
$ 31,505.25 135,000.00
$166,505.25
LIGHT DEPARTMENT
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $6,400.00 to provide for payments due for the year 1953 on bonds of the Light Department and interest on such bonds and appropriate the sum of $414.00 for sal- aries of the Light Commissioners to be taken from the receipts of the department for the year 1953 and the balance of the receipts of the de- partment for the year 1953 be appropriated for the use of the department for other expenditures, provided, however, that if the income from said department shall exceed the expense of the department for said fiscal year, the use of said excess, in whole or in part, to be determined by the 1954 annual town meeting.
On motion by Kenneth W. Thomson:
Voted: To take Article 8 from the table.
$ 84,434.33
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ARTICLE 8
The report of the Planning Board was read by Mr. Thomson, stat- ing that all legal requirements-advertising, hearing, etc., had been com- plied with.
On motion by Mr. Thomson:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 8 be indefinitely post- poned.
On motion by Mr. Thomson :
Voted: To take Article 9 from the table.
ARTICLE 9
Mr. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board attesting that a hearing was held and all legal requirements were met.
On motion by Planning Board :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 9 be indefinitely post- poned.
On motion by Planning Board:
Voted: That Article 10 be taken from the table.
ARTICLE 10
Kenneth W. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board attest- ing that a hearing was held and duly advertised as provided by law.
On motion by Mr. Thomson, for the Planning Board:
Voted: That the town ratify, confirm, and adopt the zoning districts shown on a map described in Article 10, entitled Town and Zoning Map for the Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts, dated November 16, 1925, amended and corrected to December 15, 1952.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
On motion by Planning Board :
Voted: To take Article 11 from the table.
ARTICLE 11
Kenneth W. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board, at- testing that a hearing was held pursuant to a notice duly advertised in the Wakefield Daily Item and that the Planning Board unanimously recommended favorable action under Article 11.
On motion by Planning Board :
Voted: That the town amend the zoning by-laws by changing the area described in Article 11 from a single residence district to a business district.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 36
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the construction of sewers for sanitary and surface drain- age in the town and/or authorize and instruct the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $22,000.00 for the construction of sewers for sanitary and surface drainage in any
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or all of the following streets, and waterways: Pine Hill Circle, Green- wood Street, Morrison Road West, Cordis Street, Preston Street, and Wakefield Brook.
ARTICLE 37
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for use of the Board of Public Works when carrying out duties as the Board of Survey .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 37.
ARTICLE 38
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the repairing of the wall at Beebe Cove so called .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 38.
ARTICLE 39
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a chain link fence at the Nursery on Broadway, the Mapleway, Nasella and Moulton Playgrounds and for the installation of backstops on the common and the Mapleway, Moulton and Nasella Play- grounds .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,396.50 to install chain-link fences at the Nursery on Broadway, and Nasella Play- ground, and install backstops at the Mapleway and Moulton playgrounds.
ARTICLE 40
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to hot top the tennis court at the Mapleway Playground .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 40 be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 41
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for necessary changes in the pumping apparatus and heating system at the pumping station and superintendent's house on Broad- way and for the purchase and installation of necessary equipment. --- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 41 be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 42
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide for proper treatment of Lake Quannapowitt with copper sulphate .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 42.
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ARTICLE 43
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to remodel the front of the Central Fire Station by providing a two door entrance instead of the three doors as now installed .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 43 be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 44
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase new equipment with authority to exchange other or similar equipment therefor, where now owned by the town, and raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money therefor; and/or authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor .- Board of Public Works.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the town purchase, and that the Board of Public Works be authorized to advertise for bids, for new equipment at net cost not ex- ceeding amounts specified below, exchanging other or similar equipment where now owned:
2 Cletrac Tractors $7,700.00
2 Counter Weights 500.00
3 Baker Plows
2,340.00
1 1/2 ton Pickup Truck
1,000.00
1 Paving Breaker
240.00
1 Toro Power Mower 1,150.00
1 Station Wagon 1,670.00
1 1/2 ton Pickup Truck 1,000.00
1 Utility Air Hoist 642.00
Total $16,242.00
And raise and appropriate the sum of $6,784.62, and appropriate $914.00 by transfer from the unexpended balance of the appropriation under Article 5 of the annual town meeting of 1951, and $5,161.38 from the unexpended balance of the appropriation under Article 50 of the an- nual Town Meeting of 1952, and $3,382.00 be expended from the appro- priation voted for the Water Department Other Expense.
An amendment by Matthew P. Curran, superintendent of the Water Department, to include an additional $2,197.00 for the purchase of a 34 - ton special-body truck, and an amendment by Harry Marshall that the additional amount be taken from the Water Department Other Expense account or from water receipts, were voted in the negative.
The original motion then was voted in the affirmative.
On motion by Charles F. Young :
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to next Monday evening, March 23rd, at the High School auditorium,
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Adjourned Meeting, March 23, 1953
Meeting called to order at 7.35 P. M. at the High School auditorium by Moderator William J. Lee.
ARTICLE 45
To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed under Article 41 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1949 .- Hall Property Committee by Ruth A. Woodbury.
Ruth Woodbury read the report of the committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a final re- port.
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ARTICLE 46
To hear and act upon a report of the committee appointed under Article 46 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1950. -Hall Property Committee by Ruth A. Woodbury.
Ruth Woodbury read the report of the committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 47
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the proper development of the Hall Park property on North Avenue .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committeee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 47, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
On motion by Philip J. Flanders:
Voted: To take Article 12 from the table.
ARTICLE 12
Mr. Flanders read the report of the committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
On motion by Mr. Flanders:
Voted: That Article 14 be taken from the table.
ARTICLE 14
Motion by Philip J. Flanders:
That the Board of Selectmen be directed to petition the General Court to enact a legislative act substantially in the form submitted by the committee to enable the town of Wakefield to adopt a limited form of town meeting, and that said enabling act be submitted to the legal voters of the town for their approval at the next annual town election following its enactment.
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Special Town Meeting, June 22, 1953
Meeting called to order at 8.03 by Moderator William J. Lee, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by Patrick H. Tenney :
Voted: To omit further reading of the warrant with the exception cf the constable's return.
Constable's return read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to execute on behalf of the town a contract for the collection of garbage within the town for a term of years not exceeding three, said contract to become effective at the termination of the present contract .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Elmer E. Johnson, for the Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Public Works to exe- cute a contract for the collection of garbage, said contract not to exceed a term of three years from June 30, 1953.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay one yearly installment on the contract authorized by the vote passed under the preceding article, the money therefor to be provided in part by transfer from the appropriation voted for garbage collection under Article 5 of the annual town meeting for the year 1950 and the balance necessary to be provided by transfer from the Excess and De- ficiency Account .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $12,750.00 to carry out the purposes of the vote passed under the preceding article, and, to pro- vide the money therefor, the sum of $3,571.00 be taken from the appro- priation voted for garbage collection under Article No. 5 of the annual town meeting for the year 1953 and the sum of $9,179.00 be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account and the total of both sums be trans- ferred to the Garbage Collection Contract Account.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $260.00 to provide for an increase in wages in the salary of Custodian of Public Buildings under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works. The same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 3 be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 4
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the installation of a sidewalk with curbing for a distance of approximately 340 feet from land owned, or supposed to be owned, by Kydd and running
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northwesterly along easterly side of Lowell Street. The same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or other available funds. - Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $2,124.62 to carry out the purposes of Article 4; funds for same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
ARTICLE 5
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the installation of necessary sanitary drainage on Greenwood Avenue, Madi- son Avenue, Francis Avenue, Green and Oak Streets. The same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account, or other available funds. -Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 5; funds for same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 434 of the Acts of the year 1953, said act being entitled an Act relative to rent control .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 6 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 7
To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the expenses of the board to be set up under the provisions of the act mentioned in the preceding article, the same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 7 be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 8
To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay Unpaid Bills of the Welfare Department contracted during the year 1952 and due the City of Boston, the same to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account .- Board of Public Welfare.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Public Welfare to pay certain unpaid bills due the City of Boston and rendered in the year 1952 and appropriate the sum of $335.00 therefor, said sum to be taken from the funds voted for General Relief at the annual town meeting for the year 1953.
ARTICLE 9
To see if the town will vote to adopt a resolution to be presented by the Board of Selectmen to designate officially the section of town owned land between the Quannapowitt Parkway and Lowell Street and Lake Quannapowitt for a distance of approximately 800 feet southwesterly on
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said Quannapowitt Parkway from Lowell Street as Colonel Edward J. Connelly Recreation Area in recognition of the long civic interest and patriotic service of Colonel Edward J. Connelly and appoint a committee of five to report not later than at the annual town meeting of March, 1954, to recommend an appropriation for a suitable tablet or memorial to be placed on said location .- Eugene J. Sullivan and Others.
The Finance Committee recommended favorable action and that the town adopt the resolution.
Catherine E. Simpson, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, read the following resolution:
RESOLUTION
Only those who have been residents of the Town of Wakefield for a long time can fully appreciate the remarkable and outstanding services rendered to his community, his state, and his country by the noble citizen we honor by our action tonight, and
WHEREAS - Colonel Edward J. Connelly, a life-long resident of Wakefield, a Spanish War veteran, an outstanding hero of World War I and because of his leadership and heroism, one of only four men in this country decorated by France at special services at Camp Devens, a Colonel of the State Guard during World War II, a man who has so distinguished himself as to rank high with the other great figures in Wakefield's history and
WHEREAS - Colonel Connelly has rendered outstanding and con- spicuous service as a civic leader, a former representative to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, a highly esteemed merchant for many years, a deeply religious member and tenor soloist of St. Joseph's Church and
WHEREAS - Colonel Connelly has been a man of unimpeachable honesty and integrity, and an inspirational leader to all who have known him and
WHEREAS - Colonel Connelly has served so successfully, so val- iantly and so unselfishly his community, his state and his country, -
BE IT RESOLVED - In recognition of the great services of this worthy citizen, the name of Edward J. Connelly be memorialized by designating the section of the town owned land between Quannapowitt Parkway and Lowell Street and Lake Quannapowitt as Colonel Edward J. Connelly Recreation Area and that a tablet suitably inscribed to give proper recognition of his services, be placed at some appropriate place, and
BE IT RESOLVED - That this resolution be inscribed on the rec- ords of the Town and that a copy be presented to Colonel Connelly.
IN WITNESS HEREOF - We, the members of the Board of Select- men, do hereby affix our signatures, the twenty-second day of June in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Three.
CATHERINE E. SIMPSON MATTHEW P. CURRAN
HERBERT K. NOBLE GEORGE J. GOULD
THOMAS W. ACKERSON Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Wakefield
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On motion by Elmer E. Johnson, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee :
Voted unanimously: That the town adopt the resolution presented by the Board of Selectmen, officially designating the region described in Article No. 9 as the "Colonel Edward J. Connelly Recreation Area," and that the Moderator appoint a committee of five to report at the Annual Town Meeting of 1954, as to the cost of a suitable tablet or memorial to be established at an appropriate place.
On motion by Elmer E. Johnson :
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 8.36 P. M.
Attendance 135
A True Record :
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
A motion by Kenneth Odiorne, at 9:12 p.m., that the Previous Question be put was voted in the negative.
At 9:30 p.m., by a vote counted by the tellers, Harry Marshall's time was extended by a vote of 160 to 156.
After considerable debate, the motion by Mr. Flanders was voted in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 48
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to repair various cannons on the Park .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $280.88 to carry out the purposes of Article 48.
ARTICLE 49
To see if the town will vote to amend the Building By-Laws, Section 4, Chapter 11 by adding as a new section, Section 4A to read:
No building permit for a dwelling house shall be issued until the Board of Health has approved of the proposed lot as suitable, from a sanitary point of view, for human habitation, and no building permit shall be issued for a dwelling on an unsewered street until a permit for a cesspool has been obtained from the Board of Health .- Board of Health.
On motion by Evan H. Fairbanks for the Board of Health:
Voted: That the Town amend the Building By-Laws, Section 4, Chapter 11 by adding as a new section, Section 4A to read:
No building permit for a dwelling house shall be issued until the Board of Health has approved of the proposed lot as suitable, from a sanitary point of view, for human habitation, and no building permit shall be issued for a dwelling on an unsewered street until a permit for a cesspool or septic tank has been obtained from the Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To take up Articles 50, 53, 54, 56, and 58 jointly.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
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ARTICLES 50, 53, 54, 56, and 58
Article 50. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a sewer in Grafton Street Extension, a private way, from an existing sewer at manhole station 10 plus 05 easterly approxi- mately 310 feet to Harrison Avenue; in Harrison Avenue, a private way, northerly to Pitman Avenue approximately 610 feet, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor; and/or authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow and issue notes or bonds therefor, and authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase or take by right of eminent domain, easements in and over private land necessary in the construction of said sewers .- Board of Health.
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